34 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



(County) ; many were shot here and on Dauphin Is- 

 land." 



No. 1035. Baldwin Co., near mouth of Perdido Bay. Sept. 21, 

 1892. W. C. Avery. 



No. 1036. Baldwin Co., near mouth of Perdido Bay. Sept. 21, 

 1892. W. C. Avery. 



46. LIMOSA FEDOA (Linnsus). 

 Marbled Godwit. 



In 1884 Dr. Avery published the following note on this 

 species in a miscellaneous article addressed to the Editor 

 of the American Field : "I will mention in this connec- 

 tion, that in 1880, in the spring, I shot a rare bird in this 

 county — the great marbled godwit, (Limosa fedoa) . It 

 was feeding in the mud of a mill-pond, the dam of which 

 had just broken. My attention was attracted by the 

 peculiar manner in which the bird was feeding, thrusting 

 its long bill up to its eyes in the mud, while its tail de- 

 scribed an arc of ninety degrees. This pond, abut five 

 mile west of Greensboro, is a favorite resort for birds of 

 the snipe family and water-fowl during the Spring and 

 Fall migrations." (1884). 



Evidently speaking of the same individual, he wrote 

 six years later : "A specimen was taken at Cocke's Mill- 

 pond, several years ago during the spring migration. 

 Three only seen." (1890d). 



47. TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (Gmelin). 

 Greater Yellow-legs. 



"Not common. Spring and autumn migrant." (1890d). 

 "Dauphin Island, Sep. 21 (1891) ; several observed." 

 (Original notes). 



48. TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmelin). 

 Yellow-Legs. 



"March 15th, saw and shot Totanus flavipes (lesser 

 yellow shanks)." (1884). 



"Not common. Spring and Autumn migrant." (1890d). 



"Collected at Cocke's Pond two yellow shanks {Totanus 

 flavipes) ; also Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) . The 



